diff --git a/docs/Config.md b/docs/Config.md
index b2cb562c0..43976784f 100644
--- a/docs/Config.md
+++ b/docs/Config.md
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ keybinding:
     extrasMenu: '@'
     toggleWhitespaceInDiffView: '<c-w>'
     increaseContextInDiffView: '}'
+    decreaseContextInDiffView: '{'
   status:
     checkForUpdate: 'u'
     recentRepos: '<enter>'
diff --git a/pkg/config/user_config.go b/pkg/config/user_config.go
index 5f747f85c..14038c9ae 100644
--- a/pkg/config/user_config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/user_config.go
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ type KeybindingUniversalConfig struct {
 	ExtrasMenu                   string   `yaml:"extrasMenu"`
 	ToggleWhitespaceInDiffView   string   `yaml:"toggleWhitespaceInDiffView"`
 	IncreaseContextInDiffView    string   `yaml:"increaseContextInDiffView"`
+	DecreaseContextInDiffView    string   `yaml:"decreaseContextInDiffView"`
 }
 
 type KeybindingStatusConfig struct {
@@ -440,6 +441,7 @@ func GetDefaultConfig() *UserConfig {
 				ExtrasMenu:                   "@",
 				ToggleWhitespaceInDiffView:   "<c-w>",
 				IncreaseContextInDiffView:    "}",
+				DecreaseContextInDiffView:    "{",
 			},
 			Status: KeybindingStatusConfig{
 				CheckForUpdate:      "u",
diff --git a/pkg/gui/keybindings.go b/pkg/gui/keybindings.go
index 65bd5df42..d9bf2dd69 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/keybindings.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/keybindings.go
@@ -1776,6 +1776,12 @@ func (gui *Gui) GetInitialKeybindings() []*Binding {
 			Handler:     gui.IncreaseContextInDiffView,
 			Description: gui.Tr.IncreaseContextInDiffView,
 		},
+		{
+			ViewName:    "",
+			Key:         gui.getKey(config.Universal.DecreaseContextInDiffView),
+			Handler:     gui.DecreaseContextInDiffView,
+			Description: gui.Tr.DecreaseContextInDiffView,
+		},
 		{
 			ViewName: "extras",
 			Key:      gocui.MouseWheelUp,
diff --git a/pkg/i18n/english.go b/pkg/i18n/english.go
index eacec4e21..7cd85daeb 100644
--- a/pkg/i18n/english.go
+++ b/pkg/i18n/english.go
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ type TranslationSet struct {
 	IgnoringWhitespaceInDiffView        string
 	ShowingWhitespaceInDiffView         string
 	IncreaseContextInDiffView           string
+	DecreaseContextInDiffView           string
 	CreatePullRequestOptions            string
 	LcCreatePullRequestOptions          string
 	LcDefaultBranch                     string
@@ -969,6 +970,7 @@ func englishTranslationSet() TranslationSet {
 		IgnoringWhitespaceInDiffView:        "Whitespace will be ignored in the diff view",
 		ShowingWhitespaceInDiffView:         "Whitespace will be shown in the diff view",
 		IncreaseContextInDiffView:           "Increase the size of the context shown around changes in the diff view",
+		DecreaseContextInDiffView:           "Decrease the size of the context shown around changes in the diff view",
 		CreatePullRequest:                   "Create pull request",
 		CreatePullRequestOptions:            "Create pull request options",
 		LcCreatePullRequestOptions:          "create pull request options",